Symbiotic Relationships

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What is Parasitism?

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A relationship where one organism lives on or in another organism at that organism's expense.

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What is Competition in ecological terms?

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A relationship where two or more organisms vie for the same resources in an environment.

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What does Predation mean?

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A relationship where one organism consumes another organism.

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Define Commensalism.

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A relationship where one organism benefits while the other is neither helped nor harmed.

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What is Mutualism?

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A relationship where both organisms benefit from the interaction.

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Example of Parasitism.

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Humans and mosquitoes, where mosquitoes feed on human blood.

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Example of Competition.

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Two male peacocks competing for the attention of a female.

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Example of Predation.

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A lion hunting and consuming a zebra.

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Example of Commensalism.

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Barnacles attaching to a whale; barnacles benefit while the whale is unaffected.

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Example of Mutualism.

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Rhinos and cattle egrets; egrets eat insects off the rhino's back.